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Prime: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core 12-Thread Desktop AM4 Processor w/ Wraith Stealth Cooler

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  • About this deal:
    • Deal price is $3.99 lower than a previous Frontpage Deal from June 2025 for the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 6-Core 12-Thread Desktop AM4 Processor.
  • About the store:
  • Additional information:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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bktj600
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On this thread the Ryzen 5800XT is $141, I imagine that would be worth a dollar more.

Edit: I stand corrected, after looking up the difference especially with the 5700x a 65w cpu vs the 5800xt at 105w and a 4% improvement on some benchmarks but costs like 80% more to operate per year in electricity consumption for basically the same performance, having that 40 watts to give overclocking or more power allocation to a gpu if you have a lower wattage power supply makes the 5700x a better purchase.

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This deal is available only if you have Amazon Prime.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6NNDQ92
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Quote from CheapskateGamer2016 :
5700x is $140
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09VCHQ...e=ogi&th=1

On this thread the Ryzen 5800XT is $141, I imagine that would be worth a dollar more.

Edit: I stand corrected, after looking up the difference especially with the 5700x a 65w cpu vs the 5800xt at 105w and a 4% improvement on some benchmarks but costs like 80% more to operate per year in electricity consumption for basically the same performance, having that 40 watts to give overclocking or more power allocation to a gpu if you have a lower wattage power supply makes the 5700x a better purchase.
Last edited by bktj600 July 6, 2025 at 02:10 AM.
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phlydude
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DDR4 ram is going to start going up - if you have AM4 and need more ram, get it now as manufacturers have announced production stop schedules on older chipset
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ONeal
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Spend extra and get 5800xt. I've had both and it's worth the extra $ unless your PC is for a very basic purpose.
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Taerin
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been looking for something to replace my kids 1600af, but this looks to be an almost meh upgrade
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Quote from phlydude :
DDR4 ram is going to start going up - if you have AM4 and need more ram, get it now as manufacturers have announced production stop schedules on older chipset
Price of Am4 mobo's went up too. I recall that I got lucky that I got a cheap Soyo 450m mobo from Aliexpress for about $35 about a year ago which I ended up using for my leftover Ryzen 2600x cpu.

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mo42186
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Seems to be a good deal on this processor.

Prime members only - "Exclusive Prime price"

Don't forget to use Prime Visa for an additional 5% off. Cheaper than the 7950x.

https://www.amazon.com/AMD-RyzenT...29189&th=1
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Quote from Taerin :
been looking for something to replace my kids 1600af, but this looks to be an almost meh upgrade
The 5500 is a perfectly fine upgrade to a 1600AF. That's a zen 1+ chip and this will be a zen 3 chip. It has a higher clock speed and higher IPC so even though both are 6 core chips you'll do better with the 5500. It also has a better memory controller supporting higher speed DDR4 if your memory supports it. The 5500 is limited to PCI-E Gen 3 but your existing motherboard probably has the same limit so that really isn't a problem. The 5500 is the perfect drop in upgrade for an older AM4 system like that. For what it's worth the 5500 is officially Windows 11 compatible and with a Bios update and the right settings your existing MB should be too.

If you want you can go with 5800xt for an 8 core chip as an upgrade but that's more than doubling the price for 2 extra cores and some other features. That doesn't really make sense IMO.
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Probably the all time low on 9950x


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D6NNRBGP
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